united the nation at the most tragic of times. she also steered the country through the covid 19 pandemic. thanks to an early and strict lockdown, new zealand has had one of the lowest death rates globally. ms ardern won a landslide second term in 2020 but her popularity has slid as the public s trust in government steadily declined with a deteriorating economic situation. her centre left labour party will elect a new leader and new prime minister on sunday. the country s general election will be held on 0ctober14th, but the prime minister s last day in office is february 7th. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney. authorities in ukraine are investigating what caused a helicopter to crash in kyiv, killing 11; people including the country s interior minister. president volodymyr zelensky said there are no accidents in war and appealed to western allies to speed up the delivery of heavy
weapons before russia launches a new attack. the crash occurred near a nurseryjust outside kyiv. one child was amongst the dead. the port of dover is warning that all services to and from calais will be suspended from 7am until around 2pm today because of national strike action in france. dunkerque services are running as normal, but travellers are being urged to allow extra time forjourneys. workers are protesting against plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old. we are taking you to blackpool in moment, where hannah is. the government has revealed exactly where the latest round of so called levelling up funding will be